“Saxophone and drums, no safety net — a Sydney duo that turns improvisation into a controlled demolition of everything polite about music.”
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Curatorial notes
Party Dozen is Kirsty Tickle on saxophone and Jonathan Boulet on drums and sampler, and that's it. No bass, no guitar, no padding. Since forming in Sydney in 2017, the duo has built their music from the ground up using only those elements — the saxophone howling, shrieking, or droning through effects pedals while the drums pound with the relentless precision of someone who knows exactly when to...


